NovelAppOnce they were in the room, Mrs. Schaffer grabbed Ben's hand with both of her hands and deadpanned, "Ben, this is a once-in- a-lifetchance! How amazing it is that she's Elliot's sister! If you marry her, you would beceven closer to Elliot." Ben felt as though he had been struck by lightning. "Mom! Have you gone mad?and her... I... | feel nothing but contempt for her!" "Why would you look down on a young lady like that? She's just twenty years old, what an amazing age!" "She's only graduated from high school and has not gone to college. She's uneducated!" Ben graduated from an Ivy league college, and could not stand to have a wife who was undereducated, so Lilith failed on the very first requirement he had for a partner.
"So what if she hasn't gone to college? Didn't you mention that she is Elliot's sister? What kind of sister? Cousin?" Mrs.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSchaffer's heart sank slightly at Lilith's education level.
"She's his sister of a different mother!" Ben said.
"Oh my! That means she's his actual sister? " Mrs. Schaffer exclaimed, "So what if Elliot's sister didn't go to college? Even if she couldn't read, she's good enough to be your wife!" "Mom, don't think that | don’t know what you are planning. Elliot didn't acknowledge her as his sister.” "He hasn't yet, but that doesn't mean he won't in the future. Besides, it's not only her relationship with Elliot that caught my eyes,” Mrs. Schaffer confessed, "She is so pretty and has a great figure; most importantly, she's young. If you two get together, she will surely give you beautiful babies!" Ben could just puke blood at the idea. and her are never going to happen! Give up! | am chasing her out of here as soon as she finds a place!" Ben said coldly, before pushing through the door to exit the room.
Lilith was nowhere to be seen in the living room. She had been outside the room eavesdropping on them and heard it when Ben said that he would never want her because she was uneducated.
She was slightly upset, but she thought that what Ben said made sense; not only was she horrible at studying since she started going to school, she had always been isolated from her classmates. Her father =a$>YMY; brother never interfered and she had never told them about herself because no matter what she said, they would only scold her for it in the end.
To be born into a family like that had already been a tragedy on its own, and having a beautiful face only meant that worse could happen.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe would never forget the night that she was almost raped by a few punks after her graduation examination. She had sworn that she would never go to school again from that day onward, and she thought that she might as well stay at hwith Adrian; at least she wouldn't get bullied that way.
Had her father not been sentenced to death, she would have continued to lock herself at home.
Back in Elliot's mansion, Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Scarlet had started unpacking once everyone's belongings arrived. Avery helped to unpack for a while, before being dragged into the bedroom by Elliot to rest.
Robert had his milk and had fallen asleep, so they could both rest.
"Let the servants do the unpacking.” He carried her onto the bed. "You are my wife now, and | hate to see you exhaust yourself.
"I'm not exhausted. You, on the other hand, have gotten thinner during your holidays.” She cupped his cheeks with her hands and said sarcastically, "I guess it’s better if you just go to work instead.” "I think so too. | lose my appetite when I'm not working." "You are meant to be busy your entire life." The two laid down on the bed and soon drifted off to sleep.
Avery had a nightmare that Adrian's kidney did not qualify as a transplant for Shea.
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